vernacular

Possessives

• today: In today's popular vernacular, it's a task " they must be up for!

Converse of object

• speak: First and foremost they created unified fields of exchange and communication below Latin and above the spoken vernaculars.
• enter: Motta was widely quoted and the phrase entered the sporting vernacular.
• use: To use the vernacular, he was " sent to Coventry " .
• reflect: Consider ' local distinctiveness ' and use local materials to reflect the vernacular in the design of your panel frames and supports.
• understand: Excuse me; if you don't understand the vernacular, let me translate.
• include: The terms include a vernacular which probably referred to commonly known techniques that needed no further explanation for an audience of 18 century soldiers.

Adjective modifier

• Scots: Sloan Prize A prize is awarded annually for a prose or verse composition in Lowland Scots vernacular.
• medieval: Training in a range of medieval vernaculars is offered, as well as Latin at both Beginners and Advanced levels.
• Scottish: There's a small selection of Burns's poetry translated into English for those who find themselves defeated by eighteenth-century Scottish vernacular.
• contemporary: As we would put it in our contemporary vernacular, you might as well talk to the wall.
• American: Or to use the American vernacular, " what goes around - comes around " .
• English: The BBC, to put it in the popular English vernacular, is " on a roll " with its French for Africa service.

Modifies a noun

• architecture: Decent vernacular architecture in north Bury: a Church on a mission.
• styling: The conservation area was respected through use of vernacular styling demonstrating that principles of good design are especially relevant to sensitive contexts.
• idiom: However, with few exceptions, the cottages are styled within the vernacular revival idiom.
• revival: However, with few exceptions, the cottages are styled within the vernacular revival idiom.
• variant: If women were more integrated into such networks, then they might use more vernacular variants than men.

Noun used with modifier

• century: The conservation village of Barr is well worth a visit with its attractive rows of unspoiled 18th and 19th century vernacular buildings.